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Table 3 Bland-Altman analysis of inter-observer bias in sputum cell counts

From: The impact of diurnal variation on induced sputum cell counts in healthy adults

 

Neutrophils (x106/g)

Eosinophils(x106/g)

Macrophages (x106/g)

Inter-observer bias (± 1.96 STD)*

0.94 + 0.74

−0.02 ± 0.17

1.3 ± 2.5

ICC (95% CI)

0.998 (0.996 to 0.999)

0.593 (0.231 to 0.785)

0.988 (0.978 to 0.994)

  1. * Ratio of the measurements was plotted for neutrophils and macrophages; difference of the measurements was plotted for eosinophils. Definition of abbreviations: CI = confidence interval; ICC = Intra-class correlation coefficient; STD = standard deviation of the difference.
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Clinical and Translational Allergy

ISSN: 2045-7022

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